Issue 57 - Tse Qigong Centre

POBox POBox POBox...Can’t SeeVisualisationDear Sigong,My teacher has mentioned thatthe Tse Qigong Centre might be able tohelp with some questions and concerns,as a result, I would very much appreciateany guidance you can offer to thefollowing question.On page 48 of the Sept/Oct 2000magazine there is an article by AmyThanawalla called, “Mind Over Matter”.About half way down the first columnthere is a passage which reads: “On theother hand, many Qigong systems, theKunlun Dayan Qigong System included,are opposed to this method of usingvisualisation to induce energy flow.” I’mafraid that I cannot quite grasp what Amywas trying say here and would appreciateany further explanation. The reason formy interest is that I include a small set ofexercises in my morning routine fromWong Kiew Kit’s book which includeinduced Qi flow. As I recognise thatsomething powerful and significant ishappening when I perform theseexercises, I am keen to understand themas much as possible and be clear in myown mind how compatible they are withthe other things I am being taught.Yours sincerely, NGDear NG,In the article, “Mind Over Matter”,the topic is about the use of thought toguide the Qi in the body, otherwise knownas visualisation. My teacher, GrandmasterYang Meijun, has talked about this insome detail. When she first began treatingpeople using her Qigong Healing skill,she met two boys who came to her forhelp. One was experiencing sleepingdifficulties and the other was having painsin his back. Without them telling her, shesaid to them you have been practising aQigong method using the mind and youhave Qigong side effects. Of course, theywere very surprised but also a little bitscared. So how did she know?Our minds are very powerful andwe only use a small portion of ourpotential. But when we try to usevisualisation without understanding howthe Qi works in the body, then we cancause more problems. For instance, manyQigong books talk about forming theXiao Zhou Tian (Micro-cosmic Orbit). Thisis effected when the Qi flows smoothlyup the Du Channel, past the Baihui pointand down the Ren Channel. However, theRen and Du Channels are two of the extraordinarychannels. So first the Qi shouldflow through the other eight channelsnaturally before then filling the extraordinary channels. Just because we wantto be rich, does not mean we can wish itto be so. Of course, you can worship andthink about it everyday and maybe it evenit will come true for a short while. But if itwas not in your fate, then the money youget is borrowed money and eventually“We only use a smallportion of our potential.”you will have to pay it back. The same istrue for trying to force the Qi to move incertain ways or go to certain areas of thebody before it is ready.Today when we go to the shops,many of the things we buy have beengrown in green houses, particularly thetomatoes. If you compare the taste ofthese hydro-ponic tomatoes to thosegrown naturally outside under the sunand in good soil, there is such adifference. It is the same with Qigong, weshould let the Qi develop naturally, notforcing it.So why do some methods havevisualisation. Visualisation, when used,should be done when the plant is ripe.For beginners, especially those without ateacher, then maybe the results will notbe good. Today, particularly, people aredoing so many different things. They donot only practise Qigong, but maybe theyalso practise other types of energy work,such as Reiki or even different Qigongmethods at the same time. When youbegin to mix these things, who knowsFarewellDear FriendHelen Philpott, long time student andfriend to many of us, passed away on13th of August 2001.Helen has been a long timestudent with the Tse Qigong Centreand was also a Committee member,nominated by Tse Sifu because of herclear thinking and down-to-earthwisdom. Her wry Kentish humour wasa plus as well.She couldalways be countedon forsound advice,even duringher illness. Shewas a strongwoman whohad a softheart and shecould find solutions where noneseemed to be present. I rememberhaving a long chat with her in Juneabout an incident in my class, where Ihad turned away a student because Ifelt he would be a problem affectingother students. I felt torn in mydecision of whether I was right indoing this, after all Sifu always saysgive people a chance to change theirheart. However, Helen, practical asever, said look at the other side. Lookat the students who are already thereand who keep coming every week andwho appreciate your teachings. Is itfair to take on someone who willaffect their studies, she asked? Iagreed with her logic and felt myheart eased by this. Even though herenergy was low and she was notfeeling well, she took the time to helpme. I know she was the same withothers as well. I know she will bemissed not only by myself, buteveryone in the Centre who knew heras well as by her husband Brian andher cat, whom she said could neverunderstand the concept of thetelephone because to him, when shewas talking outloud, she was talkingto him. Dear Helen, I believe thatsomewhere, someplace you know ourthoughts and hearts and how muchyou are missed.by Jessica BlackwellQi Magazine 3